WACs and US soldier in air dispatch office, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. WACs and US soldier in air dispatch office. Official caption on reverse: "12 Aug 1944. HT/MM-44-1956. Allied Force Hqs., Italy. M.D.L.S. [Mediterranean Dispatch Letter Service] desk- seated, L-R: WAC Pvt. Charlotte Carroll, Glenwood, Minnesota, and WAC Pfc. Pauline Baker, Texas City, Tex. and standing at right Sgt. Joseph Strasser, Brooklyn, New York. Photo by Wiedenmayer / 3131 Signal Serv. Co." Italy. 12 August 1944
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From the service of Brigadier General Terence John Tully, a West Point graduate, Signal Officer during the African landings, Chief Signal Officer, Allied Force Headquarters Africa/Italy for all Mediterranean operations. Tully served with the Signal Corps in Italy and North Africa documenting the 5th Army specifically. Later he was Commander of Camp Crowder, Missouri.
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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
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Women--Military service--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Postal service employees--Italy
Postal service--Italy
Correspondence--Italy
Desks--Italy